Rahsaan Bernard

Rahsaan Bernard is the President of Building Bridges Across the River. In his role as President and CEO, he is responsible for the leadership, management and oversight of the organization’s five projects. The Townhall Health Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC), a campus of 14 nonprofit organizations serving East of the River residents in five sectors. THEARC Theater, the largest theater East of the River, Building Bridges Farms, a network of seven urban farms, the Skyland Workforce Center, a center for workforce training and the 11th Street Bridge Park Project, the first elevated park in the nation’s capital. Mr. Bernard currently serves as a trustee member of the Federal City Council (FC2), he is a member of Leadership Greater Washington (LGW), a member of the Young President’s Organization (YPO) and serves on the following boards: Feeding America, the Capital Area Food Bank, the Catalogue of Philanthropy and Tzedek DC. He holds a BS, in healthcare business management from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and an MBA from Bowie State University (BSU). He currently lives in Southeast, Washington DC with his wife and three children.